[Annoy] What's something small that really annoys you?

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#3451651 11-Jan-2026 00:05

RunningMan:

Hmmm, misleading labelling perhaps. Traditionally hot cross buns are made at Easter, so bit of a stretch to call it a traditional hot cross bun.

There are other flavours that they make too.

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#3451659 11-Jan-2026 08:15

Small annoyance:

Microwave oven beeps when its timer hits zero.

Bosch oven beeps after its timer hits zero, almost a full second after.

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#3451684 11-Jan-2026 10:56

General microwave annoyance - can't switch the end time beep off.

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#3451685 11-Jan-2026 11:01

Senecio: Already?? It's only 10-Jan!

My local at least has the decency to take the cross off and call it "spicy bun" over xmas and the rest of the year instead of this disrespectful behaviour.

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#3451913 11-Jan-2026 17:55

Bus lane signage. Can be Mon-Fri, Mon-Fri 6am-10am, etc. The average road user isn't going to know the days and times of operation unless very familiar with the area. This means most people default to not using them at all, which isn't great for traffic. Some dynamic go/no-go in road indicator may be required to make best use of them.

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#3451924 11-Jan-2026 19:17

gzt: Bus lane signage. Can be Mon-Fri, Mon-Fri 6am-10am, etc. The average road user isn't going to know the days and times of operation unless very familiar with the area. This means most people default to not using them at all, which isn't great for traffic. Some dynamic go/no-go in road indicator may be required to make best use of them.

Not as bad as those school zones that tell you the hours on a "school day" - when I go past on school days just after 9 the times are still active but no activity that makes it look like a school day. I don't think that speed limit awareness should be limited to breeders or others involved in school activities.

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#3451925 11-Jan-2026 19:20

Then you have the electronic "school day" ones that tell you to slow down on public holidays. I wonder whether you legally have to or not (presumably the actual legal documentation says "on school days" so I'm guessing you could ignore the sign, but I may be wrong, and even then you might get a cop trying to enforce it anyway).

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#3452022 11-Jan-2026 20:02

I believe that you have to slow down for flashing school speed restriction signs on public holidays, Sundays, etc.

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#3452028 11-Jan-2026 20:57

Back to work tomorrow. Just settling down with a book and getting ready for an early night, and then someone starts with thumping bass.

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#3452030 11-Jan-2026 21:14

Behodar:

Back to work tomorrow. Just settling down with a book and getting ready for an early night, and then someone starts with thumping bass.

That would be the moment when I would put the book aside, take out my tenor saxophone and start playing ABBA's classic ‘Thank You for the Music’. 😁

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#3452031 11-Jan-2026 21:23

Something similar crossed my mind, but I ended up taking a more diplomatic approach. It's nice and quiet now.

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#3452034 11-Jan-2026 22:09

And then at about 9:58 they turned it on again. This time I've gone to noise control.

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#3452035 11-Jan-2026 22:13

gzt: Bus lane signage. Can be Mon-Fri, Mon-Fri 6am-10am, etc. The average road user isn't going to know the days and times of operation unless very familiar with the area. This means most people default to not using them at all, which isn't great for traffic. Some dynamic go/no-go in road indicator may be required to make best use of them.

Generally the signage states the time on them, if not time is displayed then its safe to assume its always a bus lane.

Same deal with transit lanes. the number of people who dont know how they work is astonishing.

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#3452036 11-Jan-2026 22:22

Jase2985:

gzt: Bus lane signage. Can be Mon-Fri, Mon-Fri 6am-10am, etc. The average road user isn't going to know the days and times of operation unless very familiar with the area. This means most people default to not using them at all, which isn't great for traffic. Some dynamic go/no-go in road indicator may be required to make best use of them.

Generally the signage states the time on them, if not time is displayed then its safe to assume its always a bus lane.

Same deal with transit lanes. the number of people who dont know how they work is astonishing.

The one that annoys me the most is the school speed signs that say "when children present" or "on school days". Both are open to some kind of interpretation, and I don't have kids so have no idea when school holidays are.

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#3452133 12-Jan-2026 00:15

Jase2985: Generally the signage states the time on them, if not time is displayed then its safe to assume its always a bus lane. Same deal with transit lanes. the number of people who dont know how they work is astonishing.

There's a bit more variation than that and it's not always easy to see the signs. If the condition was painted on the road at intervals that would be much better.

Even better would be some simple automatic visual indication.

To some extent it will be restrained a bit by the international standard. I expect there is some practical extra way to address the issue that does not conflict with the standard.

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